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Bungalow Style
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The name Bungalow is often associated with the word "cottage" and often conjures up an image of a small, well-built comfortable home. It evolved in about 1890 and lasted until about 1930. It is truly an American style of architecture but has elements of Indian, Japanese, Swiss, Spanish and English architecture. Its greatest influence, however, was the Arts and Crafts Movement which was popularized in the United States by Gustav Stickley in his monthly magazine, The Craftsman, and published from 1901 to 1916. Stickley believed that buildings should be inspired by nature, be built by craftsmen and that the inside and outside should be treated as a work of art.
The main characteristics of the style include:
- Low pitched gable or hipped roof with wide overhanging eave and exposed rafters.
- Porches, verandas, sunrooms and sleeping porches.
- Tapered porch posts.
- Windows with small panes or wooden mullions over one large pane.
- Dormer windows.
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